Experience and Qualification:
- Relevant 3-year IT Degree/Diploma
- Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Knowledge of relevant programming languages such as JAVA EE, Spring framework, PL1, DB2, Liberty, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript and Angular JS
- Knowledge of software testing
- Knowledge of writing test cases
- Knowledge of developing large systems
- Knowledge of latest trends and technologies
- Knowledge of agile environment
- 2-5 years’ development experience
Responsibilities and work output:
- Collaborate with the Scrum Master/Project Manager to deliver quality, effective software, in line with the agreed development process and business needs.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, conduct analysis and priorities requests.
- Conduct research and evaluate potential technical solutions to identified business problems.
- Partner with Business and/or System Analysts to translate business requirements into workable solutions and document solutions into technical specifications.
- Design and code new software functionality using code that is readable, maintainable and re-usable.
- Conduct Unit Testing of own code, and System Integration Testing (SIT) of each solution and resolve all issues/queries timeously.
- Collaborate with the testing team to co-create test cases to ensure that features within each application are working as expected.
- Contribute to user acceptance testing (UAT) and training material to ensure that functionality is working correctly.
- Deliver coding into the applicable production environment once testing has been completed.
- Provide stakeholders with regular feedback on the technical design and timelines for solution ensuring that business needs are met.
- Maintain existing programmes according to change requests approved by business as and when needed.
- Diagnose root causes of system issues through problem-solving and recommend potential solutions.
- Monitor performance of solutions and make recommendations to improve the performance and functionality of the solution.
- Log issues found in existing systems as internal change controls and ensure successful resolution of issues.
- Once the solution has been successfully tested, transport the solution into production/live environment
- Serve as the “go to”, offering in-depth knowledge of solution development, best practices and standards outcome.
- Identifies opportunities and take advantage of them, Able to understand the bigger picture and how your team and you contribute to the success of the business.
- Alignment with all areas of Retail IT to ensure that there is good integration between the current and future environments, and that current systems remain stable.
- Align with current IT trends and technologies.
Competencies:
- Examining Information
- Interpreting Data
- Developing Expertise
- Articulating Information
- Challenging Ideas
- Team Working
- Managing Tasks
- Producing Output